Review | BF Wespe Artillery Battery 1/100 (15mm) - GBX192 | Berlin German - Flames of War

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? NO - it's a Wespe! Battlefront have replaced the resin and metal 10.5cm Wespe SP Artillery with a plastic kit. And as a bonus, the kit can make a 7.5cm Marder II tank-hunter as well.
Join me as we look at the kit and how it goes together. Plus our usual round-up of a bit of history and how the Wespe might go on the Flames of War tabletop.
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Disclaimer: The review copy for this video was purchased by the reviewer from a local/online retailer.
Chapters:
0:00:00 - Intro and Box
0:01:02 - History
0:02:20 - Back of the box
0:02:54 - The plastic
0:08:15 - Wespe on the table
0:10:45 - Wrap up
Tags:
Flames of War, world war 2, world war II, world war 2, world war II, game, gaming, wargaming, tabletop wargame, historical gaming, tabletop miniatures, miniature wargame, 15mm, 1/100, 1:100, 1/100 scale, plastic kit, plastic model kit, plastic wargame miniature, scale model, tank, model tank, armour, armor, Battlefront, Battlefront plastic, GBX192, Wespe, Wespe Artillery Battery, 10.5cm, Marder II, 7.5cm, 7.5cm PaK40,
Resource Links:
Wespe Artillery Battery (GBX192)
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28 июл 2024

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Комментарии : 32

@PanzerSchule Год назад

I wish that Marder kit had been available earlier. I do like the look of that variant.

@FogofWar Год назад

It looks good. I didn't build that version, but I assumed it would be fairly popular.

@trekanbelluvitsh Год назад

Was wondering what to paint next. How I know. 😃I build and painted the Marder. Nice one too. One addition to the historical facts.Self propelled artillery has also another big advantage: It is less vulnarable to counter battery fire because it can move away quickly. When the "Wespe" was introduced this was pointed out in the first reports about the new vehicle.

@FogofWar Год назад

Trekan - Ooh. Thanks for the info on counter-battery fire. I hadn't thought about the ability for quick displacement after firing, but that would totally be a thing.

@aledroberts6151 Год назад

Great review of a really useful kit :). I got mine in the Tank Training Company Box from Modelling for Advantage and then ordered some 3D printed spare tracks so I could build both models.

@FogofWar Год назад

Wow, Aled. I had no idea there were people offering 3D printed hull and track sets for these. It makes sense. There's a *lot* of spare plastic on here. It's a shame for it to go to waste. Have you received the replacements yet? Who makes them and how did they work for you?

@spamuraigranatabru1149 Год назад

If anyone purchases this, I implore you to reuse the unused pieces as either fortifications or with different/home made lower hulls, you never know if they will come in handy

@FogofWar Год назад

It does seem a shame to let it go to waste. Aled did mention buying 3D printed hull and track parts to build the Marder as well, so there's that option available.

@spamuraigranatabru1149 Год назад

@@FogofWar I had done the same for my spare M4s!

@e-4airman124 Год назад

great job thanks

@FogofWar Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@simonwhitley2226 Год назад

Great review as always. I would love to add some of these to my German forces but have some Hummels to try on the table first. Keep up the good work. Always love painting to your videos Harry.

@FogofWar Год назад

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.

@MaxTSanches Год назад

I'm sure that I have some extra AA/MGs. Would be nice to create a Marder emplaced in cover (i.e. the tracks and lower hull are below the emplacement wall) from the extra pieces. This would allow for building some nice ambush vehicles. :) .

@FogofWar Год назад

It does seem a waste of all the extra parts not to use them…

@e-4airman124 Год назад

Wish you would do a show on how to arm unversal carriers with weapons like vickers piat etc. i do not undferstand

@FogofWar Год назад

What would you like to know? I would consider doing it. Let me know what it is you need. Is it modelling the guns, or the lists for each variant?

@e-4airman124 Год назад

@@FogofWar I would like to know how to model each of the different guns that can be placed on U Carrier. Are there combinations of guns? What about the piat guy can he be placed aboard with another gun in the hull? etc thank you sir😃

@leewerling5082 Год назад

Nice review but it seemed to stress the Wespe and I have 6 of the resin/metal ones from V3. I would have liked to have had more on the Marder II. They would fit well with Hungarian MW, FJ and lastly Berlin suppoprt.

@FogofWar Год назад

Concentrating on the Wespe was a deliberate choice in the review. Covering both vehicles in-depth would have made it too long. But maybe I’ll look at a short Marder supplemental video one day.

@leewerling5082 Год назад

@@FogofWar I understand completely. I do have 6 Wespes from V3. I also have 4 Marder II's from V3 (resin/metal), but playing Hungarians and Germans, I'm considering the Marder II box set so I'll have 4 for each army. They're my favorite Marder.

@adambrooker5649 Год назад

All the MG on the Wespe is for, is to discourage infantry moving up to assault them.

@FogofWar Год назад

And in real life I'm sure it does a good job of that. I was thinking more of some over-enthusiastic Flames of War player charging his Wespes into close combat as assault troops...

@adambrooker5649 Год назад

@@FogofWar I meant in game too, and agree a new player could think it would be a good idea to use it as an assault vehicle

@FogofWar Год назад

@@adambrooker5649 I'd give it a go!

@Mr_Bunk Год назад

Could I stick the Pak 40 on the Wespe chassis and proxy it as a Marder III M? I know it’s the wrong chassis and the driver’s compartment swaps sides, but the only Marder III M in plastic is getting increasingly rarer and the Wespe fits the general profile.

@christianwilson5956 Год назад

That's a great idea. As your opponent I'd absolutely let you use it in place of a different marker variant and just use the original vehicles stats.

@FogofWar Год назад

It's your model. You could do what you want. You might need to do some modification of the mounting peg under the gun trunnion. The contact points for the 10.5 and 7.5cm guns are different. But the Wespe hull has the bigger hole, so it might work out fine. Easier than the other way around.

@michaelball4940 Год назад

How easy is it to magnetized the kit so you can swap between marder and wepse?

@FogofWar Год назад

With the rear hull extension for the longer Wespe chassis, I'm not sure these would be easy to magnetize without some major plastic surgery. Maybe someone will post up a 3D-printable hull and track pieces. Otherwise you might have to sacrifice some Panzer II kits...